History quiz
what was the putting out system
a cottage industry where peasant families spun thread to make cloth in their own home.
Nature
sympolizes power greater then man
What caused farmers to lose jobs and move to cities in search for work?
urbanazation
Bourgeoisie
"mental class" upper 20%
Social effects of the Industrial Revolution
* increase in population of cities * lack of city planning * loss of family stability * expansion of middle class * harsh conditions for laborers * workers' progress versus laissez faire attitudes * improved standard of living * creation of new jobs * encouragement of technological progress *tenements *labor unions (formed to protect workers rights, pay raise) *Luddites, groups of textile workers that started riots from 1811-18131
Order of Bourgeoisie
Aristocracy- inherited wealth Upper middle class- merchants, bankers, businessmen middle upper class- professional class, lawyer, merchants, professors lower middle class- petite Bourgeoisie, white collar, teachers had a degree
What are enclosures?
British Gov. passed law to have common land that wealthy farmers could buy
What were some characteristics of the 19th c. middle class?
Dinner, meats and sugar, fashion, birthdays, servants, emotional attachment to their children, separate spheres between adults and children.
With the industrial revolution- how was your village changed? can it even be called a village any more? why or why not ? What do you believe the impact of the industrial revolution to be?Knowing what you know now, what would you do different in the building activity?
It grow a ton. it's not realy a village because there are so many people. rapid death in population. make the houses more orginized.
Order of proletariat
Labor aristocracy, skilled workers- specialized factory workers Semi- skilled- factory workers criminal class- made a living off being a criminal underclass- imper vised, beggars, elderly that couldn't do physical labor, mentally ill, etc.
Anti-Industrial
No smoke stacks, fresh air
What are some characteristics of the "modern landscape"
Railroads, city night, insanitation, loneliness, blvds., building up not out, pollution, Romanticism
What were turnpikes?
Roads made by private investor formed companies, they were also toll roads
What was Jethro Tull's contribution to English agriculture in the eighteenth century?
Seed drill
"the child"
birthdays- emphasis on childhood and children, better quality of life, emotional investments, "childhood innocence"- life phrases of adolescence child and adult lives becoming separate
What was the largest textile industry
cotton came from india
What are separate spheres?
domestic sphere- women were in charge of the home and kids Public sphere- Men went out to work and make money and could basically do whatever they wanted
What is smelting?
extract (metal) from its ore by a process involving heating and melting.
What were some inventions that increased the textile industry?
flying shuttle, spinning jenny, and cotton gin
What are 2 reasons why Britain was the 1st to industrialize?
geography, natural resources (water ports, river, and coal), colonial network( Britian empire+world trade> wealth and resources), strong navy, banking system( gov. supported business)
What was the Jame Watt engine?
improved the steam engine, became the energy source of the industrial revolution.
Gothic Revivalism
irregular shapes/forms, pointed arch, castle-like
What did the seed drill do?
it deposited seeds in rows rather than scattering them wastefully over the land.
What are some of the new symbols of the industrial revolution, scene change in landscape?
pay into night, smoke, urbanization, fire, railroads, scavengers, "the great stink", overcrowding, public health and gov. funded housing began in 1880's, led to the thought of "liberalism", "city of strangers", no accountability, exciting, anxious, paris apartment, reflection
The proletariat
physical workers, lower 80%
What are some ways farming improved during 1800's?
seed drill, crop rotation
Emotion
spontaneous, self fulfillment, irrational, no castles, rules, live in the moment
What was the Newcomen engine?
steam engine (powered by coal)
What was crop rotation?
the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
Why were turnpikes built?
there was a need for a faster, cheaper way to move goods
